Loon Lake Power Plant

Loon Lake Power Plant is a power station in El Dorado County, Gold Country, California. Loon Lake Power Plant is situated nearby to the peak Chipmunk Bluff, as well as near Brown Mountain.

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Highlights include Loon Lake.

Loon Lake

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Loon Lake is a reservoir in the Eldorado National Forest of El Dorado County, California, United States. The 76,200 acre⋅ft lake is formed by Loon Lake Dam, completed in 1963 as part of the Upper American River Project by Sacramento Municipal Utility District to conserve spring snow melt runoff for use during the summer and autumn for hydroelectric power production.

Loon Lake Power Plant

Type: Power station
Also known as: “Loon Lake Powerhouse”
Categories: hydroelectric power station and industry
Location: El Dorado County, Gold Country, California, United States, North America
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Latitude

38.98456° or 38° 59′ 4″ north

Longitude

-120.32772° or 120° 19′ 40″ west

Inception

September 1971

Operator

Sacramento Municipal Utility District

Open location code

84CXXMMC+RW

OpenStreetMap ID

way 149801850

Wikidata ID

Q65206869

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In Other Languages

“Loon Lake Power Plant” goes by many names.

Ukrainian: “ГЕС Лун-Лейк”

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Chipmunk Bluff and Brown Mountain.

Nearby Places

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